A proposed tax credit program that leverages New Orleans’ strategic location as a transport hub to encourage new manufacturing faces dim prospects in the state Legislature amid current fiscal challenges.

Major U.S. freight railroads expect their business to fare well as long as the economy continues growing despite President-elect Donald Trump's promises to overhaul U.S. trade policy and renegotiate bad deals.

Amtrak’s food has an up-and-down cycle of about 10 years' duration. They have threatened to get rid of the dining cars — an action that would be a deal-killer for me and many other travelers — but a few years later they come back with major improvements.

The Department of Transportation points to road safety and lower costs for trucking companies as factors behind a recent reduction in permitted driving time, but anecdotal accounts from local logistics firms indicate the change is having just the opposite effect.